2016 River City Raiders season

2016 River City Raiders season
OwnerFree Tickets Entertainment, LLC
General managerLin Hart, Jr.
Head coachCorey Bethany
Home fieldFamily Arena
2002 Arena Parkway
St. Charles, MO 63303
Results
Record6-1
Division place2nd
Playoff finishLost Divisional Semifinals 52-54 (Steelhawks)

The 2016 River City Raiders season was the fourth season for the American indoor football franchise, and their first in American Indoor Football (AIF).[1]

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local to home team

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 Saturday February 27 7:05pm Northern Kentucky Nightmare W 47-6[2] 1-0 Family Arena
2 BYE
3 Sunday March 12 3:05pm West Michigan Ironmen W 75-68[3] 2-0 Family Arena
4 BYE
5 BYE
6 Sunday April 3 3:05pm Cincinnati Bulldogs W 81-14[4] 3-0 Family Arena
7 Saturday April 9 7:05pm at West Michigan Ironmen L 49-69[5] 3-1 L. C. Walker Arena
8 BYE
9 Saturday April 23 7:05pm Chicago Blitz W 47-34 4-1 Family Arena
10 BYE
11 Sunday May 8 3:05pm Northern Kentucky Nightmare Cancelled Family Arena
11 Friday May 6 6:05pm Missouri Rampage W 62-13 5-1 Family Arena
12 Saturday May 14 7:05pm at Chicago Blitz W 37-31 6-1 Odeum Expo Center
13 BYE
14 BYE

Standings

2016 AIF Northern standings
Team W L PCT
y – West Michigan Ironmen 6 1 .857
x – River City Raiders 6 1 .857
x – Lehigh Valley Steelhawks 6 2 .750
Philadelphia Yellow Jackets 4 3 .571
Central Penn Capitals 4 4 .500
Chicago Blitz 3 3 .500
Triangle Torch 3 4 .429
Winston Wildcats 3 5 .375
Maryland Eagles 0 2 .000
Northern Kentucky Nightmare 0 5 .000

Playoffs

All start times are local to home team

Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Score Location
Div. Semifinals Monday June 6 7:00pm Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 52-54[6] Family Arena

Roster

2016 River City Raiders roster
Quarterbacks
  •  3 Tarean Austin

Running backs

  •  6 Tyler Batts
  • 36 Lennies McFerren
  • 33 Deon Morris

Wide receivers

  • 18 DuJuan Bolden
  •  8 Chris Headd
  • 11 DeAndre Jackson
  • 14 Johnnie King
  • 83 Courtney Ward
  • 81 Chris Willis
Offensive linemen
  • 74 K. C. Giger
  • 50 Jerry Johnson
  • 54 John Johnson
  • 72 Lawrence Smith

Defensive linemen

  • 29 Gary Henderson
  • 57 Keenan Mace
  •  5 Jason Null
  • 90 Bernard Quinn
Linebackers
  • 38 Haylon Jacobs
  • 13 Kyle Walker

Defensive backs

  • 10 Theo Alexander
  •  2 Marcus Cotton
  • 21 Timothy Hamm-Bey
  •  7 Travonti Johnson
  •  1 Bryan Lowery
  • 32 Reggie Jennings
  •  9 Patrick Wells

Kickers

  •  4 Corey Adamson
Injured reserve
  • currently vacant

Exempt list

  • currently vacant

rookies in italics
Roster updated May 5, 2016
28 Active, 0 Inactive

References

  1. ^ "Free Tickets Entertainment, LLC Acquires the St. Louis Attack; Joins AIF". American Indoor Football. October 14, 2015. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  2. ^ Andy Foltz (March 9, 2016). "Northern Kentucky Nightmare hope to make an impact in first year of arena football; aim for playoffs". www.nkytribune.com. Northern Kentucky Tribune. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  3. ^ Mark Opfermann (March 13, 2016). "West Michigan Ironmen drop inaugural football game on the road". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  4. ^ Brian Ledford (April 4, 2016). "River City Raiders Leash Bulldogs To Maintain Perfect Record". www.archcitysports.com. Arch City Sports. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  5. ^ Mark Opfermann (April 9, 2016). "Passing combo helps West Michigan Ironmen post arena win". www.mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  6. ^ "Lehigh Valley Steelhawks have trouble in River City but escape with playoff win". www.mcall.com. Allentown Morning Call. June 7, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2016.